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2012 - ANGLAIS - Série A2 (LV2) - Durée: 3 heures- Coef.:3

1- LlNGUISTIC COMPETENCE (35 pts)

A- Rewrite the sentences below using the prompts given, in order te have ameaningful sentence. (7.5 pts = 1.5 pt x 5)

1- 1had nevertalked to my boss before that day.

It was the first time .

2- Will she accept that we join her group work?

Daes she mind : ~..: .

3- Peter had ta cancel his trip because of a landslide on the road.

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4- Everybody has already signed the document, except Vou.

The document · ~ .

5- She ordered: "Take your suitcase and go away".

Helen ordered her sister .

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B- CircJethe letter corresponding to the correct answer and fil! in the blank(7.5 pts = 1.5 pt x 5)

a)

1- NGUIA, 1 totally approve everything Vou say.

e) of d) forat b) in

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2- If vou are afraid of something, the of your heart aeeelerates.

d} beatbeate b} bit e) beet

3- They will perforrnbetter when thev., ........•..........older.

a) shall become b) become

4- Could Vou give me water, please?

b) sorne'. A -. ;;:" ~ : ••••• c ! " .:. ". :;.'. :";"

e} noa} any

e) beeomes d}will become

d)none

5- There were plenty of fruit and vegetables, ?

a) aren't there? b) were they? e) weren't there? d) weren't they?

C-Complete the words below with one adeguate prefix or suffix. (5 pts = 0.5 pt x 10)

1............................ understanding

6Red .

2Notice .

7Empty .

3............................ honest

8Black .........................................•...

4Increasing .

9.................................fortune

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C- Match the phrases tram column A with the words they detine trom column B.

(7.5 pts = 1.5 pt x 5)

Column A (Phrases) Column B (Words) AnswersIt is a vehicle that takes you from continent

1 to continent. a President 1

2 You get it after completing a course or a b C/othes 2training.

3 He's the one who leads a nation or a c Newspaper 3country.

4 It aims at supplying people with d Plane 4information dai/y.They are designed to protect from coldness

5 and wind. e Diploma 5

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Turn the following sentences into the reported or direct speech. (7.5 pts = 1.5 pt x 5)

1- "Could you give me a hand?" the farmer asked.

2- Sally told us her mum had been in hospital since October.

3- "How long haye your kids been learning Latin?" the teacher asked me.

4- "Get up quickly and do your homework now!" father shouted at me.

5- They asked whether the director was given a promotion two months before .

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JI- (35 pts)READING COMPREHENSION

(Read the text attentively and answer the questions).

Democrats are fosing out to business interests as some of the continent's mostauthoritarian states hold elections this year. Foreign investment and trade are up

sharply in Sudan, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Burundi, but democracy and human-rights. • campaigners are sharply critical of the lack of political freedom and the way that ruling

5 parties have secured leading roles in the national economy.

April's Sudanese elections, which lncumbent ' Field Marshal Omer El Beshir claimed tohave won 68% of the vote, were privately dismissed as fraudulent by African andWestern observers. Public criticism of the election was muted, le_stit provoke Khartoumto try to block the referendum on Southern Sudan's independence in January 2011.

10 Sudan has some of Africa's richest oil fields and businesses are concentrating efforts on

woolng the regime in Khartoum and the new rulers in Juba.

Analvsts expected to see ta the s~me balancing act in Ethiopia's elections on 23 May,where rlghts groups protested the jailing of Birtukan Mideksa and the harassment ofoppositionists like Beyene Petros and Merera Gudina. Premier Meles Zenawi is------

15 confident of a massive win and is determined to avoid a repeat of th~. post-electionprotests and violence of 2005.: Diplomats .quietly criticize the crackdownson the

opposition and government operations in the poverty-stricken Somali region, but Britainand the USsee Meles as a reliable ally in the waragainst AI Qaida and its affiliates. Hehas presided over five years ofdouble-digit GDPgrowth, so business interest is growing

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Western support for Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, who has boasted he will winelections on 9 August, will be more enthusiastic still. The World Bank has ranked

Rwanda as the world's top business reformer and former British Prime Minister TonyBlair has sent a team of technocrats to dispense advice. While security officiais

25 suspended two newspapers and arrested an opposition leader, Kagameis set to win

over 90% of the vote.

ln Burundi, President Pierre Nkurunziza faces elections on 28 June but has not managed

his campaign as astutely as Kagame. Nkurunziza's party is divided and activists blame it

for murderous attacks on its rivais last year. Taking increasingly draconian measures

30 against his opponents, Nkurunziza speaks admiringly of Kagame's achievements: strong

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government and a strategy for growth. It is a combination that has increasing resonancein Africa's corridors of power.

The Africa Report N° 23, June-July 2010

Vocabulary

0""-1- Inc~t: titulaire, inamovible, dirigeant

. . A- GLOBAL COMPREHENSION

• Tick the right box.

(lpt x 4=4 pts)

1- The suitable title for this text is:

o Democracy and business make a perfect couple.

o Rwanda and Burundi as examples of democracy in Africa.

o Democracy and human rights.

o Democracy has nothing to do with business.

2- This text is:

.0 Informative

o Descriptive

o Argumentative

o Narrative

3- The writer's intention in the text is:

o To convince people about his view.

o To praise democracy and business development

o To refuse the human rights

o To deny the importance of business

4- The tone of the text is:

o Critical

o Alarming

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o Pessimistic

o Moralizing

B- DETAILED COMPREHENSION

1- Find in the text the antonvms of the following words. (lpt x 5=5 pts)

N° Words Antonyms from the text1 Gaining

2 Democratie

3 Poorest

4 Lose

5 Praised

2- Are the following statements True (T) or False (F)? Justifv vour answers bV

guoting fram the text. Indicate the Iines. (15 pts)(T / F= 0.5 pt; line = 0.5 pt; Quotation = Z pts.)

N° 5tatements T F line Quotations

Foreign investment and human1 rights areappreciated

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everywhere in Africa.

African and Western observersZ rejected El Beshir's election.

ln 2005 in Ethiopia, nobody3 could contest the results of the

election.

ln Rwanda, President Kagame4 easily won the election with

90% of the vote.

S Burundi is a good example ofdictatorship.

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3- Tick the right answer. (4.5 pts = 1.5 pt x 3)

a- "Sorne of the continent's most authoritarian states//(Lines 1-2) means:

OThe biggest countries in Africa

o Certain countries where the leading party imposes its authority

OThe authorities of those countries are not dictators

o Sorne states have a lot of authority on others

b- "Marshall Omar El Beshir claimed to have won//(Iines 6-7) means:

o He officially announced he had won

o He calculated he had won

o He wishes he won

o He denied that he had won

c- " ...double digit GDP growth//(Iine 19) méans:

OThe growth decreases twice

o It's a double zero growth

o A growth not under 10

DA growth that has doubled

3- Translate the following passage into French. (6.5 pts)

IfThe World Bank has of the vote." (Unes 22 ta line 26)

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· .111-WRITTEN PRODUCTION (30 pts)

A- SEMI-GUIDED PRODUCTION (15 pts)

Topie:

Mr. Stanley Bryan is a businessman. He wants to invest in an African country. As a youngGabonese, write a letter in which you try to persuade him to come andinvest in yourcountry. (You are supposed to be Bob or Janet; don't use your true names). Use thenecessary vocabulary to insiston the importance of democracy, peace and stability in

the country. (100-150 words)

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B-FREEPRODUCTION (15 pts)

Topic:

Does Democracy always bring forth development? Illustrate your point of view with

relevant examples. (200-250 words)

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